Daily Current Affairs: August 29 & 30, 2021

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Important Days

National Sports Day – 29 August

• National Sports Day is observed on 29 August each year to encourage more people to participate in physical activities.
• Major Dhyan Chand, widely known as the “Hockey Wizard” and “The Magician”, was born on 29 August 1905 and National Sports Day is marked to celebrate his birthday.

International Day against Nuclear Tests – 29 August

• The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29 August every year for increasing awareness and education about the results of the weapon of mass destruction test explosions or other nuclear explosions.

National Small Industry Day – 30 August                   

• The National Small Industry Day is observed on 30 August every year to promote small industries across India.

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances – 30 August

• The United Nations (UN) observes International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30 August every year to honour and pay tribute to people who have faced enforced disappearances.

National News

Central Board of Direct Taxes extends  the deadline for payment under the ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’ Scheme

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the deadline for the payment of amounts under the direct tax dispute resolution scheme ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’ without any additional charge from 31 August 2021 till 30 September 2021.

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT):

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Founded: 1963 

Union Sports Minister launches the ‘Fit India’ mobile app on National Sports Day         

• Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the Fit India mobile app, a personal trainer-cum-fitness guide, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Fit India Movement.
• This app is a major tribute to the icon of Indian sports Dhyan Chand.
• This app is a must for sportspersons to stay fit and that they are expected to follow this app app rigorously.

Smriti Irani addresses the first-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment virtually

• The Union Minister of Women & Child Development Smriti Irani virtually addressed the first-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment, which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy.
• The G20 Conference on Women Empowerment acknowledged the common objectives and shared responsibilities to advance the goals of equality and development of women and girls in all spheres, including STEM, financial and digital literacy, environment and sustainability.               

Union Government extends the deadlines for e-filing of various forms under the Income Tax Act

• The Union Ministry of Finance extended the deadlines for e-filing of various forms that come under the Income-Tax Act 1961, after taxpayers reported difficulties in filing these forms online.
• The application for registration or intimation or approval under various sections of the Income Tax Act in Form No. 10A required to be filed on or before 30 June, has been extended from 31 August 2021 to 31 March 2022.

State News

World’s highest altitude movie theatre was opened in Ladakh                    

• Ladakh received its first mobile digital movie theatre at an altitude of 11,562 feet in the Paldan area of Leh, which makes it the highest theatre in the world.
• This theatre was introduced to bring cinema watching experience to most of the remote areas of Ladakh.

Banking & Economy

RBI hikes the per transaction remittance limit of India to Nepal from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 2 lakhs                        

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the per transaction limit of the Indo-Nepal remittance facility to 2 lakhs from Rs. 50,000 and removed the cap of 12 remittances per year to facilitate retirement and pension-related payments to ex-servicemen settled in Nepal.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Formation: 1 April 1935
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy Governors: K. Jain, M. D. Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao and T. Rabi Sankar
• Subsidiaries: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Limited (BRBNML)

Appointments

Jammu and Kashmir High High Court Bar Association elects M. K. Bhardwaj as its President of Jammu branch

• Advocate K. Bhardwaj was elected as the President of the Jammu branch of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association.
• Mohinder Pal Singh was elected as the Vice-President Surjeet Singh Andotra as the General Secretary, Aditya Sharma as the Joint Secretary and Amandeep Singh as as the Treasurer of the Jammu branch

Awards and Recognitions

COVID-19 by UK experts study sets a Guinness world record for the world’s largest scientific collaboration

• A worldwide COVID-19 study led by UK experts and conducted at Indian hospitals among others around the world was awarded the ‘Guinness World Records’ title for the world’s largest scientific collaboration.

Sports News

Bhavina Patel, Nishad Kumar and Vinod Kumar win medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020                       

• Bhavina Patel won India’s first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 2020 and the 13^th She bagged the silver medal as she lost to World No. 1 Ying Zhou of China in the final of the class 4 women’s singles table tennis.
• India’s Nishad Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump (T47) event in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. India’s Vinod Kumar won the bronze medal in the men’sdiscus throw (F52) event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

Avani Lekhara wins gold medal, Yogesh Kathuniya & Devendra Jhajharia bags silver and Sundar Gurjar clinches bronze in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020

• Avani Lekhara clinched the gold medal and equalled the world record in the women’s (R2) 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
• Yogesh Kathuniya bagged the silver medal in the men’s discus throw (F56) event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
• Devendra Jhajharia won the silver medal as Sundar Singh Gurjar bagged the bronze medal in the men’s javelin throw (F46) final at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 (Indian Winners)

Max Verstappen won the F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2021

• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen emerged as the winner of the F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2021with Williams’ George Russell second and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the third place.

Obituary

Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha passed away at 85

• Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, author of many notable works such as ‘Madhukari’ (Honey Gatherer), passed away at the age of 85 after a massive cardiac arrest.

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